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INTERCOASTAL WATER CARRIERS

HEARINGS

BEFORE

THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE, RADIO, AND FISHERIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 4491

AN ACT AMENDING THE SHIPPING ACT, 1916, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHER REGULATING COMMON CARRIERS BY WATER IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES ENGAGED IN TRANSPORTATION

BY WAY OF THE PANAMA CANAL

JANUARY 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, AND 20,

1933

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REGULATION OF INTERCOASTAL WATER CARRIERS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1933

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT MARINE,

RADIO, AND FISHERIES,
Washington, D. C.

The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Ewin L. Davis (chairman) presiding.

Chairman DAVIS. As the members of the committee are aware, this hearing was called some time ago for the purpose of considering and holding hearings on Senate bill 4491, which you have before you. Quite a number of organizations and citizens have indicated a desire to be heard in favor of the bill and against it and, in so far as is feasible, it is customary first to hear from the proponents of a measure. I do not know whether anyone has been selected to take the lead in favor of this bill or not.

Mr. FARLEY. I will be glad to speak for some of the lines.

Chairman DAVIS. Well, first, is there some one here representing the Shipping Board?

Mr. MADIGAN. Yes, sir.

Chairman DAVIS. Do you desire to make a statement for the Shipping Board, Mr. Madigan?

Mr. MADIGAN. Just a few words.

Chairman DAVIS. Well, if it is brief, it is customary to hear from the Government officials who are interested, first. On the other hand, where there are witnesses from a distance who wish to be heard, in order that they may leave, we frequently accommodate them and are always glad to do so, in so far as is possible. However, if your statement is to be brief, I think it would be very well to hear from you first, and I will have inserted at this point a copy of the bill and report of the Senate committee.

[S. 4491, Seventy-second Congress, first session]

A BILL Amending the shipping act, 1916, as amended, for the purpose of further regulating common carriers by water in interstate commerce of the United States engaged in transportation by way of the Panama Canal

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when used in this act

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The term common carrier by water in intercoastal commerce" for the purposes of this act means a common carrier by water engaged mainly in the transportation for hire of passengers or property between one State of the United States and any other State of the United States by way of the Panama Canal. SEC. 2. That every common carrier by water in intercoastal commerce shall file with the United States Shipping Board and keep open to public inspection schedules showing all the rates, fares, and charges for or in connection with transportation between points on its own route; and, if a through route has been established, all the rates, fares, and charges for or in connection with transporta

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